Record General Colour ConText ID: REC:2135Original language: Latin transl_trans Transcription Brasillum quedam arbor est et est optimus color. Medulla huius arboris non est bona pictoribus seu illuminatoribus. Sed tinctoribus pannorum. Translation Brazil is a kind of tree, and it is a splendid colour. The pith of this tree is not useful for painters or illuminators, but for dyers of cloth. Source Library/ Place of edition Title Year Starting date End date Display order london, British Library Sloane 1754, Liber de coloribus illuminatorum sive pictorum- Liber de tincturis pannorum XIIIth (1H.) Page number(s) in source: 147 Glossary Historical name Current name brasilium, brasillum, bresillum, bresilum Brasil wood colorant brasilium, brasillum, bresillum, bresilum Caesalpina echinata (Brasil wood) Artistic contents: Brasilholz Brasilfarbmittel Artistic techniques: